ThINC Nature House - Today's Events - Thurs, Aug 10th

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm drop-in
Wild Creatives: Nature Collage and Book-making (all ages)
Location: The Nature House at The Portal, 254 North Cove Road

There are so many inspiring textures and patterns in nature! We’ll be making prints from flowers, trees, and other natural textures and collaging them into mini art books with printmaker and bookbinder Ruby Lewis. She is an artist who takes inspiration from trees, water, and the elements.

6:30 pm start
ThINC Tank: Resilient Gardens for a Changing Climate Screening (youth, adults)
Location: The Nature House at The Portal, 254 North Cove Road

Our regional climate is transforming rapidly as the global climate changes, with extreme weather events setting records. What does this mean for our food gardens and landscapes? How can we take on the challenge of increasing local food resilience and enhancing our landscapes ecologically to respond to our changing climate?

Join us for a screening of another webinar from Transition Salt Spring and gardener Linda Gilkeson. Learn how extreme weather affects plants, including trees, and how to design resilient food and ornamental gardens that help plants survive our changing weather patterns. Discover the important role gardeners can play in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions, including designing landscapes to capture carbon.